43rd Annual Conference on Composites, Materials, and Structures

January 28-31, 2019

CMS Call For Papers

ITAR Restricted Conference - U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Permanent Resident, Green Card Holder Verification is Required of all Attendees and Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement Certification Form DD2345 is required of Non-Government Attendees

Papers concerning processing, properties, design, application and obsolescence sustainment of advanced materials are being solicited for presentation at the 43rd Annual Conference on Composites, Materials, and Structures organized in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, U.S. Missile Defense Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and the U.S. Department of Energy. The conference is sponsored by the United States Advanced Ceramics Association (USACA). The conference provides a forum for export-controlled information relating to advanced materials including ceramic, metal and carbon matrix composites and their constituents. Presentations relating to on-going technology and future solutions for advanced materials utilization in the aerospace, transportation, chemical process, power, medical and industrial sectors are encouraged. Authors are requested to limit their presentations to the most recent technical data and results. Sales presentations will not be accepted; a space will be provided upon request for limited display (table or poster) of new products and/or information.

Abstracts (100 words or less) must be received by the appropriate Session Chair via e-mail, letter, or fax by Friday, November 9, 2018. Abstracts received after this date are not guaranteed to be included in the conference program.

The conference is ITAR Restricted and U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Permanent Resident, Green Card Holder Verification is Required of all Attendees and Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement Certification Form DD2345 is required of Non-Government Attendees. The Registration Fee is $475.00 and an Early Bird Discounted Fee of $415.00 is being offered to conference participants registered and paid by Friday, November 9, 2018.

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Radisson Resort at the Port at the government per diem rate plus tax. Contact the hotel reservationist direct at 321-784-0000 or Radisson Central reservationists at 800-333-3333 and mention group name "USACA". The room block cut-off date is January 12, 2019.

The conference proceedings will be published as Distribution C, marked ITAR Restricted and will be mailed to the data custodian address provided on the DD2345 for non-government attendees. Each university represented by a single JCP Certification and that certification should be coordinated through the university's Office of Research and Grants, or its equivalent. University attendees should contact their university's Office of Research and Grants, or its equivalent organization, and they will provide them with the university's JCP information. Government attendee proceedings will be mailed to work addresses.